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This week the camper’s at Youngster-Chemistry Experiments took on the role of being a scientist by learning about different chemical reactions and conducting different experiments. They learned about atoms, their structure and function. Putting their observing skills to the test by performing experiments and hypothesizing possible outcomes. So far they have been creating their own […]

This week at the Short Hills site, the highlight of some campers’ days is taking part in the Canvas Painting class! After learning about the different color types and painting techniques, the campers had fun showing off their creativity through their paintings! The campers started with color mixing before moving on to painting bright sunsets!

This week at Short Hills our Newspaper Class published their first edition of The Weekly Herald. The young journalists got the scoop on everything from microbiology to break time games! Students researched, interviewed and wrote their own articles on other classes happening this week. As the week wraps up, students polish their pieces and are […]

To celebrate the campers’ day off on the 4th of July, a relay race was held during morning break time at Short Hills! The campers that participated were split into three teams – Red, White, and Blue – and had lots of fun! The first runner hopped with a balloon between their legs. Two campers […]

At Short Hills, everybody was excited to be back at International Ivy! On Wednesday, the students in Electrical Engineering with Arduino started to decide on a project to show what they had learned. Over break, they discussed their ideas with the teacher, and the class opted to build a plane that could propel itself with […]

Good morning Ivy Campers & Parents, today is the last day of summer camp. Summer 2023 was another year in the books at Short Hills. Huge thank you to all of the campers and parents for joining the Ivy program. Super special shoutout to all the counselors and teachers on the Short Hills Staff team […]

2023 proved to be a memorable summer here in Somerset. During Week 7, we reached a brand new milestone: 50+ campers attending International Ivy (51 to be exact)! But wait, there’s more! We had 8 different classes ranging from Kitchen Chemistry, Virtual Reality, and Youngster Left Brain Mix. Because of this, we competed in our […]

Ivy campers and Ivy parents, we reached the end of week 8 of camp. This blog is a dedication to all the campers, counselors, site directors, and parents for making camp this summer fun. We are forever thankful for the campers that left an impact on themselves within this camp. It was truly a pleasure […]

Throughout the week, our civil engineers have been busy building structures such as buildings and bridges using materials like paper and cardboard to test how much weight they can hold and how strong they are. Today, campers created buildings using paper prisms they made with notecards and tested whether or not their design could withstand […]

Welcome to Week 8 of camp on the Wayne site and the last week of camp is where lasting memories are created. Monday morning we welcomed our newcomers and returners to the camp and did our fun challenges of Would You Rather? or Guess the Emoji. The campers jump out for joy playing this game. […]